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RESOLUTION NO. 3,040
RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE CITY
OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, APPROVING THE URBAN
RENEWAL PLAN AND THE FEASIBILITY OF RELOCATION
FOR CAPITOL VIEW PROJECT ARK R-47, EARLY LAND
ACQUISITION AREA
WHEREAS, under the provisions of Title I of the Housing Act
of 1949, as amended, the Housing and Home Finance Administrator
is authorized to provide financial assistance to Local Public
Agencies for undertaking and carrying out urban renewal projects;
and
WHEREAS, it is provided in such Act that contracts for
financial aid thereunder shall require that the Urban Renewal
Plan for the respective project area be approved by the governing
body of the locality in which the project is situated and that
such approval include findings by the governing body that: (1)
the financial aid to be provided in the contract is necessary to
- enable the project to be undertaken in accordance with the Urban
Renewal Plan; (2) the Urban Renewal Plan will afford maximum
opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the locality as
a whole, for the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban re-
newal area by private enterprise; and (3) the Urban Renewal Plan
conforms to a general plan for the development of the locality as
a whole; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority of the City of Little Rock,
Arkansas, (herein called the "Housing Authority") has entered into
planning contracts for financial assistance under such Act with
the United States of America, acting by and through the Housing
and Home Finance Administrator, pursuant to which Federal funds
were provided for the urban renewal project (herein called the
"Project") identified as Capitol View Project ARK R-47 Early Land
Acquisition Area and encompassing the area in the City of Little
Rock, State of Arkansas, (herein called the "Locality") , described
as follows:
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Lots 4, 5, 6, 7 , 8, and 9, Block 22; Lots 1, 2, 3, 4, 9, 10,
11, and 12, Block 15, Faust's Addition to the City of Little
Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas.
and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority has applied for additional
financial assistance under such Act and proposes to enter into an
additional contract or contracts with the Housing and Home Finance
Agency for the undertaking of, and for making available additional
financial assistance for, the Project; and
WHEREAS, the Housing Authority has made detailed studies of
the location, physical condition of structures, land use, environ-
mental influences, and the social, cultural, and economic conditions
of the Project area and has determined that the area is a blighted,
deteriorated and deteriorating area and that it is detrimental and
a menace to the safety, health, and welfare of the inhabitants and
users thereof and of the Locality at large, and the members of
this Governing Body have been fully appraised by the Housing Authority
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and are aware of these conditions; and
WHEREAS, there has been prepared and referred to the Board of
Directors of the Locality (herein called the "Governing Body") for
review and approval an Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area, dated
June 1, 1963 , and consisting of five (5) pages, one (1) Exhibit and
supported by certain supplementary material, data, and recommenda-
tions, which material, data, and recommendations are not a part of
said Urban Renewal Plan; and
WHEREAS, said Urban Renewal Plan has been approved by the Board
of Commissioners of the Housing Authority, as evidenced by the copy
of said Board's duly certified resolution approving said Urban
Renewal Plan which is attached thereto; and
WHEREAS, a general plan has been prepared and is recognized
and used as a guide for the general development of the Locality as
a whole; and
WHEREAS, the Little Rock Planning Commission, which is the duly
designated and acting official planning body for the Locality, has
submitted to the Governing Body its report and recommendations
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respecting said Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area and has
certified that said Urban Renewal Plan conforms to the said general
plan for the Locality as a whole, and the Governing Body has duly
considered said report, recommendation, and certification of the
planning body; and
WHEREAS, this Governing Body, having duly considered said
Urban Renewal Plan and supporting data and being fully advised in
the premises, hereby determines that the findings, determinations
and action herein made, taken and authorized are in the public
interest and for the protection of the health, safety, morale and
welfare of this community, and all in accordance with the Ordinances
of the City of Little Rock, Act 212 of 1945 of the General Assembly
of the State of Arkansas as :amended by Acts 189 of 1957 and 119 of
1959 of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas; and
WHEREAS, said Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area prescribes
certain land uses for the Project area and will require, among other
things, changes in zoning, the vacating and removal of streets,
alleys, and other public ways, the establishment of new street
patterns, the location and relocation of sewer and water mains and
other public facilities, and other public action; and
WHEREAS, the I-Iusing Authority has prepared a plan for the
relocation of families that may be displaced as a result of carrying
out the Project in accordance with said Urban Renewal Plan and has
submitted to the Governing Body a Relocation Plan for the Project,
included in the supporting documentation to said Urban Renewal Plan;
and
WHEREAS, there have also been presented to the Governing Body
information and data respecting the Relocation Plan which have
been prepared by the Housing Authority as a result of studies,
surveys, and inspections in the Project area and the assembling and
analysis of the data and information obtained from such studies,
surveys, and inspections; and
WHEREAS, the members of this Governing Body have general
knowledge of the conditions prevailing in the Project area and of
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the availability of proper housing in the locality for the relocation
of families that may be displaced from the Project area and, in the
light of such knowledge of local housing conditions, have carefully
considered and reviewed such Relocation Plan; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary that the Governing Body take appropriate
official action respecting the Relocation Plan and said Urban Renewal
Plan for the Project, in conformity with the contract or contracts
for financial assistance between the Housing Authority and the United
States of America acting by and through the Housing and Home Finance
Administrator; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the Housing Authority
is cognizant of the conditions that are imposed in the undertaking
and carrying out of urban rehewal projects with federal financial
assistance under Title I, including those prohibiting discrimination
because of race, color, creed, or national origin:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of
the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, as follows:
Section 1. That it is hereby found and determined that the
Project is a blighted, deteriorated and deteriorating area and
qualifies as an eligible Project area under Act 212 of 1945 of the
General Assembly of the State of Arkansas as amended by Acts 189 of
1957 and 119 of 1959 of the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas,
and that the conditions existing therein are detrimental to the
safety, health, morals and welfare of the inhabitants of the Locality,
and such conditions should be eliminated and said Urban Renewal Plan
carried out in the public interest;
Section 2. That said Urban Renewal Plan for the Project afore-
mentioned, having been duly reviewed and considered, is hereby
approved, and the City Clerk be and is hereby directed to file said
copy of said Urban Renewal Plan with the minutes of this meeting;
Section 3. That it is hereby found and determined that said
Urban Renewal Plan (1) conforms to the general plan for the munici-
pality as a whole, and (2) is sufficiently complete to indicate
such land acquisition, demolition and removal of structures,
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redevelopment, improvements, and rehabilitation as may be proposed
to be carried out in the Area of the Urban Renewal Project, zoning
and planning changes, if any, land uses, maximum densities, build-
ing requirements, and the plan's relationship to definite local
objectives respecting appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public
transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facili-
ties, and other public improvements;
Section 4. That it is hereby found and determined that• the
financial aid provided and to be proved pursuant to said contract
for Federal financial assistance pertaining to the Project is
necessary to enable the Project to be undertaken in a. cordance with
the Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area;
Section S. That it is :hereby found and determined that the
above-mentioned Urban Renewal Plan for the Urban Renewal Area will
afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the
Locality as a whole , for the urban renewal of such area by private
enterprise;
Section 6. That it is hereby found and determined that the
proposals set forth in the Relocation Plan for the proper relocation
of the families displaced in carrying out the Project in decent,
safe, and sanitary dwellings in conformity with acceptable standards
are feasible and can be reasonably and timely effected to permit the
proper prosecution and completion of the Project; and that such
dwellings or dwelling units available or to be made available to
such displaced families are at least equal in number to the number
of displaced families, are not generally less desirable in regard
to public utilities and public and commercial facilities than the
dwellings of the displaced families in the project area, are avail-
able at rents or prices within the financial means of the displaced
families, and are reasonably accessible to their places of employment;
Section 7 . That in order to implement and facilitate the effec-
tuation of the Urban Renewal Plan hereby approved it is found and
determined that certain official action must be taken by this Body
with reference, among others, to changes in zoning; the vacating and
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removal of streets, alleys, and other public ways, the establishment
of new street patterns, the location and relocation of sewer and
water mains and other public facilities, and, accordingly, this Body
hereby: (a) pledges its cooperation in helping to carry out such
Urban Renewal Plan; (b) requests the various officials, departments,
boards, and agencies of the Locality having administrative responsi-
bilities in the premises likewise to cooperate to such end and to
exercise their respective functions and powers in a manner consistent
with said Urban Renewal Plan; and (c) stands ready to consider and
take appropriate action upon proposals and measures designed to
effectuate said Urban Renewal Plan; and
Section 8. That additional financial assistance under the
provisions of Title I of the Housing Act of 1949, as amended, is
necessary to enable the land in the Project Area to be renewed in
accordance with the Urban Renewal Plan for the Project area and,
accordingly, the filing by the Housing Authority of an application
or applications for such financial assistance under said Title I
is hereby approved.
ADOPTED: July 15, 1963 •
ATTEST�j �7 . TJe / APPROVER:
City Clerk Mayor
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